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title: "Client 0.97 Released"
author: "CiaranG"
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<p>The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.97 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.</p>
<p>This is a maintenance release, with the following changes from 0.96.1</p>
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<li>Add option to prompt for unstable updates globally</li>
<li>Add support for free Certificate Authorities: cert.startcom.org and letsencrypt.org</li>
<li>Rework the privileged installer to use an extension as a privileged app instead of F-Droid itself</li>
<li>Add a new night theme</li>
<li>Fix crash when trying to install incompatible apps with the privileged installer</li>
<li>Fix downloading from HTTP servers that did not send a Content-Length</li>
<li>Material design tweaks and fixes, including repo and app screens makeovers</li>
<li>Add StrictMode to debug builds</li>
<li>Make the GitLab CI run the tests in an emulator</li>
<li>Use gradle-witness to ensure the reproducibility of the build with libraries pulled from maven repositories</li>
<li>Switched to Weblate for translations</li>
<li>Translation updates</li>
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<p>As usual, if you have problems or feature requests, please let us know via the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/issues">issue tracker</a>, join us in the <a href="https://forum.f-droid.org">Forum</a> or visit #fdroid on FreeNode.</p>
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